Oriskany (CVA 34) - Naval Cruise Book

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-.-1--ia -Q.-, - , Chief of Staff and Aide CAPT Leroy V. SWANSON, United States Navy CAPT Leroy V. SWANSON was born in Oneida, Illi- nois, on 11 November 1915, and was graduated from Brad- ley University in 1937. Immediately upon graduation he entered the Navy as an Aviation Cadet. His first duty as- signment was with Scouting Squadron TWO, which at that time was assigned to the carrier USS LEXINGTON. After a tour as instructor at the Naval Air Station, Pensacola, Florida he reported aboard one of the original escort car- riers, USS CORE, where he was one of the early participants in the submarine battle of the Atlantic. CAPT SWAN- SON's next duty station was in Torpedo Squadron 50 where he helped commission the light carrier USS BATAAN. He first served as Executive Officer and then as Commanding Officer of this squadron in the Pacific. This sea duty followed by a tour as Operations Officer, NAS, Miami, Florida and a tour as Officer in Charge of the Carrier Qualifications Unit and Landing Signal Officer School located in the Pensacola area. CAPT SWANSON attended the General Line School in 1947 and, upon completion of this course with distinc- tion, became Commanding Officer, Attack Squadron 45 aboard the carriers USS ROOSEVELT and USS MIDWAY. After a tour in the office of the Chief of Naval Operations he became Commander Carrier Air Group SEVENTEEN. During the latter tour he participated in an around the world cruise aboard USS WASP and arrived in the Pacific in time to close the Korean War. After a short tour ashore on the Staff of the Chief of Naval Air Advanced Training at Corpus Christi, Texas, he was assigned as Executive Oflicer of USS SHANGRILA. CAPT SWANSON was then ordered as Commanding Officer of the Naval CIC School in Brunswick, Georgia. While there, he was selected for duty with Operations Directorate of the Joint Chiefs of Staff. Following this he was ordered to duty as Commanding Officer, USS HALEAKALA. Next came a year at the National War College, Washington, D.C. From the War College he was ordered to duty as Commanding Officer, USS INDE- PENDENCE, one of the first ships on the scene in the recent Cuban emergency. CAPT SWANSON reported to Commander, Carrier Division ONE as Chief of Staff and Aide on 23 Septem- ber 1963.

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K Q, S it 1 1 E i Commander Carrier Air Wing SIXTEEN CDR Robert B. BALDWIN, United States Navy CDR Robert B. BALDWIN entered the Naval Academy in 1941. Following commissioning as Ensign in june 1944, he went aboard the USS BIRMINGHAM for a two year tour which terminated in April 1946, when he entered flight training. Following his designation as a Naval Aviator in April 1948, CDR BALDWIN reported to VA-44. A year later he was ordered to VC-5 where he remained for two years. After graduation from the Naval Test Pilot School, Patuxent River, Md., he served for two years as a Tactical Test Pilot and instructor. In july 1954, he reported to VC-3, NAS Moffett Field, as FI-3 Training Officer. A short tour at Aviation Safety School in the fall of 1956 preceded CDR BALDWIN's assignment as Ex- ecutive Officer to Fighter Squadron 154, the first West Coast squadron to fly the FSU-1 fCrusaderj. In June 1958 he became Commanding Officer of VF-154. In No- vember l958, orders took him to the Bureau of Naval Personnel for a thirty-month tour in the Promotion Plans Section. CDR BALDWIN's most recent assignment, prior to being ordered to Air WING SIXTEEN, was Com- manding Ofiicer of Fighter Squadron 51 from Novem- ber 1961 to October 1962, during which time the squad- ron was deployed to the Far East aboard the USS TICONDEROGA. CDR BALDWIN and his wife, the former june Wil- son, and their family of three children, Scott, jerry and Sylvia now reside at 454 15th Street, Del Mar, Cali- fornia. 17